04/16/2013

bright idea - send it

Hello everyone, Dana here with a new blog feature from the Card Creative Team where we're going to showcase a card with a matching envelope for your inspiration. For this first project in our series, I'm using SC's Sundrifter collection. I was intrigued by the veneer phrases and die-cut stickers, specifically the triangle shapes, in this line and knew I wanted to use them for the project. My initial idea was to simply line up the triangles to lead the eye to the veneer sentiment but somehow that needed a lot of fixing when I wanted to put that in reality: The triangles looked a bit pale against the kraft card stock and the tiny veneer shape didn't provide for as good a focal point as I had hoped for.

First, I lightly misted my cardbase with a Mister Huey in Pinstripe and the Sundrifter triangles mask for more contrast. Then, I dug through the die-cut shapes and found one of the polaroid frames. That along with some flower die-cuts really helped to emphasize the sentiment.

For a bit more texture and detail, I added a few sprinkles of Mister Huey in Calico Shine and machine stitching on the card.

On the front of my envelope, I used another polaroid frame since it looked like a fun way to decorate the address field. You can either just peel off the backing of the die-cut stickers and adhere it to the envelope, then handwrite the name/address of the recipient inside the frame or first write/type the address out and add the sticker afterwards for perfect placement.